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    The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785: Charlemagne's defeat of Widukind of Westphalia

    By David Nicolle and Graham Turner

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    Charlemagne's conquest of the Saxons was the hardest fought and most protracted of his wars; it involved 18 campaigns spread across 33 years, a great deal of lower-level fighting and the harshest final peace settlement that Charlemagne ever imposed upon a defeated foe. Rapidly taking on the character of a religious conquest from its outset, it also became the most important of all Charlemagne's wars for the future direction and character of European history and began the long process of uniting the German-speaking peoples. With extensive photographs, full colour artworks, maps and bird's-eye-views, this volume unravels the initial stages of a convoluted sequence of events that led to the conquest of the Saxons and ultimately Charlemagne's consolidation of Saxony into the greater Carolingian Empire.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateAug 20, 2014
    ISBN9781782008279
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    The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785: Charlemagne's defeat of Widukind of Westphalia
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    David Nicolle

    David Nicolle is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Medieval Studies, Nottingham University. He is the author of numerous books on aspects of medieval military history, including many for Osprey.

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